Re: New diagnosis 8 year old Cocker Spaniel
Just wanted to pop in and say Welcome! to you and your precious baby boy! We have many here who use Vetoryl and I am sure they will be dropping by to chat with you soon. I can say that in the first month the dogs on this drug can experience a bit of a withdrawal from the cortisol so that may be what you are seeing. Do you know if he has the pituitary or adrenal form? It would help us a great deal if you would get copies of the testing done to diagnose him - LDDS, ACTH, and/or abdominal ultrasound - and post the results here. It would also be beneficial to see the test that shows things like ALP, CHOL, T4, etc - we only need to see the abnormal values, too high or too low. Based on the 2-week ACTH, you vet was right to leave him on the current dose - the cortisol will continue to drop for the first 30 days in most dogs.
I'm glad you found us and look forward to learning more about the both of you!
Hugs,
Leslie
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